The reform and empowerment of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has the potential to dramatically disrupt many traditional partnership approaches MNCs have been using in China for many years – including co-investment arrangements that have become popular recently.

Intangible assets are especially important for China. Its remarkable rapid growth over the past three decades has enormously enlarged China’s manufacturing relative to that of the US, but in terms of labor productivity China appears to still be far away from American levels.

China's Economic Observer newspaper examines some of the challenges facing Li Keqiang's urbanization plans. Says one city planner: "If there is no industry, why do we need so many people and what will we do with them?"